I have released an updated version of my PyWeek4
game competition entry, PROBE.

In PROBE, you get to plan and execute space probe
missions to other planets, using a fairly realistic
(except for a couple of things) simulation of the
physics involved.

This version has been greatly expanded, and can
actually be played in a deliberate way now instead
of just trial and error like the first one.

Currently available here:

http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/PyWeek4/Probe-1.0.zip

Hi,

I'm happy to announce the release of Wing IDE 3.0 beta 2. It is available from
http://wingware.com/wingide/beta

Changes since the previous beta release include:

* Stackless Python 2.4 and 2.5 are now supported
* Python 2.5 for 64-bit Windows is now supported
* Fixed Zope WingDBG so it will connect back to IDE
* Improved auto-completion coverage for imports and end cases
* Up to 10%% speed-up when running in debugger
* Fixed many other bugs, particularly source browser, OS commands,
testing tool, and source assistant (*)

In addition, we have introduced Wing IDE 101, a free scaled back version
of Wing IDE designed for teaching introductory programming courses.

The CHANGELOG.txt file in the installation provides additional details.

The major new features introduced in Wing 3.0 are:

[Bcc: python-list@python.org]

The first Python 3000 release is out -- Python 3.0a1. Be the first one
on your block to download it!

http://python.org/download/releases/3.0/

Excerpts:

Python 3000 (a.k.a. "Py3k", and released as Python 3.0) is a new
version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line of
releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details,
especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work,
have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have
finally been removed.

This is an ongoing project; the cleanup isn't expected to be complete
until 2008. In particular there are plans to reorganize the standard
library namespace.

The following announcement is in German.
Despite this we would like to post it here, because many
German speaking Python users read this group/list.

Heute ist der letzte Tag, an dem die ermäßigte Anmeldegebühr
gilt. Ab 1. September wird es teurer.

Anmelden kann man sich hier:
http://www.python-academy.de/workshop/anmeldung.html

=== Workshop "Python im deutschsprachigen Raum" ===

Am 7. September 2007 findet in Leipzig der zweite Workshop
"Python im deutschsprachigen Raum" statt. Der erste Workshop
2006 war erfolgreich, so dass es auch dieses Jahr einen
geben wird.

Der Workshop ist als Ergänzung zu den internationalen und
europäischen Python-Zusammenkünften gedacht. Die Themen-
palette der Vorträge ist sehr weit gefasst und kann alles
einschließen, was mit Python im deutschsprachigen Raum zu
tun hat.

I am happy to announce the release of Bazaar 0.90. This
release provides over 50 changes, including:

* 10 bugfixes
* 25 user visible improvements
* 20+ enhancements to internals.

Some of the highlights include pyrex implementations of some performance
critical functions, algorithm changes giving performance improvements to
merging and merge directive generation, a send command which will make
contributing changes back easier and connection sharing to reduce the
number of connections that must be made to a remote location in some
situations.

Hi,
We are proud to announce the release of LDTP 0.9.0. This release
features number of important breakthroughs in LDTP as well as in the
field of Test Automation. This release note covers a brief introduction
on LDTP followed by the list of new features and major bug fixes which
makes this new version of LDTP the best of the breed. Useful references
have been included at the end of this article for those who wish to hack
/ use LDTP.

About LDTP
==========

Linux Desktop Testing Project is aimed at producing high quality test
automation framework (C / Python) and cutting-edge tools that can be
used to test Linux Desktop and improve it. It uses the Accessibility
libraries to poke through the application's user interface. The
framework also has tools to record test-cases based on user events in
the interface of the
application which is under testing. We strive to help in building a
quality desktop.

The following announcement is in German.
Despite this we would like to post it here, because many
German speaking Python users read this group/list.

Bis zum 31. August gilt noch die ermäßigte Anmeldegebühr.
Also am Besten gleich anmelden unter:
http://www.python-academy.de/workshop/anmeldung.html

=== Workshop "Python im deutschsprachigen Raum" ===

Am 7. September 2007 findet in Leipzig der zweite Workshop
"Python im deutschsprachigen Raum" statt. Der erste Workshop
2006 war erfolgreich, so dass es auch dieses Jahr einen
geben wird.

Der Workshop ist als Ergänzung zu den internationalen und
europäischen Python-Zusammenkünften gedacht. Die Themen-
palette der Vorträge ist sehr weit gefasst und kann alles
einschließen, was mit Python im deutschsprachigen Raum zu
tun hat.

Eine ausführliche Beschreibung der Ziele des Workshops, der
Workshop-Themen sowie Details zu Organisation und Anmeldung
sind unter http://www.python-academy.de/workshop zu finden.

GOZERBOT 0.7.1 released

- This release fixes the following bugs:

* the udp encryption was fixed

* a newline injection bug in the RSS plugin was discovered at CCC
camp and fixed. credits for finding this bug go to Astro-

- version 0.7.1 can be downloaded at http://gozerbot.org. for
upgrading see doc/UPGRADE.

- debian users can find 0.7.1 in unstable

- about gozerbot (from http://wiki.gozerbot.org):

Gozerbot is an Jabber|IRC bot, written in the Python programming
language. Gozerbot runs on Unix/Unix like operating systems. It
requires a Shell and a Python interpreter version 2.4 or higher

I'm pleased to announce the release of NumPy 1.0.3.1 and SciPy 0.5.2.1

These are minor bug fix releases, which mainly addresses some build issues.

NumPy 1.0.3.1 Bug-fixes
===================
* Add back get_path to numpy.distutils.misc_utils
* Fix 64-bit zgeqrf
* Add parenthesis around GETPTR macros

SciPy 0.5.2.1 Bug-fixes
==================
* Replaces ScipyTest with NumpyTest
* Fixes mio5.py as per revision 2893
* Adds missing test definition in scipy.cluster as per revision 2941
* Synchs odr module with trunk since odr is broken in 0.5.2
* Updates for SWIG > 1.3.29 and fixes memory leak of type 'void *'

The new releases can be downloaded here: http://www.scipy.org/Download

Best regards,

itools is a Python library, it groups a number of packages into a single
meta-package for easier development and deployment:

itools.catalog itools.i18n itools.tmx
itools.cms itools.ical itools.uri
itools.csv itools.odf itools.vfs
itools.datatypes itools.pdf itools.web
itools.gettext itools.rest itools.workflow
itools.handlers itools.rss itools.xhtml
itools.html itools.schemas itools.xliff
itools.http itools.stl itools.xml

This release most important change is the new mechanism to send emails
in the CMS. Now the message spool is persistent, messages are written
to disk before being sent, this way the system is robust to crash.
There is also a simple log to know the emails that have been sent.

There is also a bunch of user interface improvements and bug fixes in
the CMS, including the Tracker and the Wiki.

Credits: